The west Alabama city of Selma is planning a crackdown on what one councilman says is a big problem: Horse droppings. The City Council passed a law three years ago requiring that horses wear diapers when on city streets, but Councilman Michael Johnson says riders aren’t following the law. Johnson… Read More
Lost Army ring rediscovered 2 years later
Dillon Sprole never thought he’d see his U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ring again after accidentally leaving it in a gas station bathroom in Orlando about two years ago. But Larry Hale found the ring in a pile of sand Monday while using his metal detector on Daytona Beach —… Read More
Man who predicted Challenger space shuttle explosion dies
Bob Ebeling spent three decades filled with guilt over not stopping the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, but found relief in the weeks before his death. Ebeling’s daughter Leslie Serna told The Associated Press that her father died Monday at the age of 89 in Brigham City, Utah. She… Read More
Surprise! Obamacare coverage costs rising
Expanded health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama’s signature legislative legacy, will cost the government more, according to an official study released Thursday. Still, on balance, the measure more than pays for itself. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said the health care law will cost $1.34… Read More
Shakespeare’s skull missing from grave
Archaeologists who scanned the grave of William Shakespeare say they have made a head-scratching discovery: His skull appears to be missing. Researchers used ground-penetrating radar to explore the playwright’s tomb in Stratford-upon-Avon’s Holy Trinity Church. Staffordshire University archaeologist Kevin Colls, who led the study, said they found “an odd disturbance… Read More
7 men with Iran charged for cyberattacks against US dam
The U.S. charged seven hackers linked to the Iranian government with executing large-scale coordinated cyberattacks on dozens of banks as well as a small dam outside New York City — intrusions that law enforcement officials said reached into America’s infrastructure, disrupted the nation’s financial system and cost tens of millions… Read More
Marines about to be UNLEASHED on ISIS
The American combat role in Iraq appeared to expand on Thursday as U.S. Marines operating from a small outpost provided targeting assistance and artillery fire to support Iraqi troops inching forward to retake Mosul from Islamic State militants. A senior U.S. official said the Marines fired illumination rounds to help… Read More
Exposed! Mexico’s secret plot to stop Trump
The Mexican government is launching an unprecedented campaign to interfere in the 2016 U.S. elections by recruiting foreign citizens to stop GOP frontrunner Donald Trump from becoming president. And George Soros is helping fund the multi-million dollar effort. Officially, Mexico has stated it has no intention of interfering in the… Read More
Report: Freed Gitmo prisoners killed Americans
As President Barack Obama seeks political support for his administration’s plans to close the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, he doesn’t seem to care that previously-released detainees have already killed Americans. A senior Defense Department official told lawmakers Wednesday that U.S. citizens have been killed by prisoners released from Gitmo…. Read More
Trump predicted Belgian terror attacks?
The world is still in shock after a series of bombs claimed at least 31 lives in Brussels yesterday. But it seems like at least one person may have seen the attacks coming a mile away — GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump. In fact, Trump expressed concerns about security in… Read More